LULA-TRUMP
Brazil seeks neutral ground for Lula-Trump meeting
A meeting with Trump and a potential reversal of tariffs would be a massive victory for Lula, but the Brazilian president is wary of falling into a trap. Photo: Ricardo Stuckert/PR
More than a week after Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Donald Trump of the US exchanged a brief embrace in the corridors of the United Nations General Assembly in New York (and Trump described the two as having “excellent chemistry”), their governments are quietly working to organize a more substantial encounter.
The Brazilian government is pressing for…
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